Most people know they should back up their data, but not everyone does. If you’re one of those people, just take this as a reminder that your hard drive will fail at some point, and you need to get all your stuff backed up right away! Go to the store and pick up an external ...
You may have heard about SSL Certificates, also called secure certificates, or SSL Certs for short. But what are they? SSL is an acronym for Secure Sockets Layer. The SSL Certificate is a little piece of code that is used to make a website more secure. When you visit a website, the URL (web address) ...
In my previous post I thought I had found a way to maintain some of the functionality that we had in OSX Snow Leopard only to find that I was wrong, and a reboot quickly erased any hope of that. After using Lion for several days, I have found a number of things that are ...
I was a happy user of Spaces in OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard. You could assign certain applications to certain spaces and with a quick keystroke, flip between them. I used it to keep my email and calendar separate and run windows using Parallels in full screen mode and easily bounce back and forth between mac ...
Today I copied a parallels image (Windows Server 2008) from my imac to my macbook. For some reason, I got the following error message when I tried to start it up: The virtual machine cannot be used because its files are corrupted. A bad file copy on the network? It turns out no. This message ...
Mac OSX caches DNS data to enhance performance, which is nice, however sometimes when you’re moving a website or server, you want to see the new DNS data. Here’s a quick little fix to clear the DNS cache in OSX. Open terminal and enter: (Max OSX 10.5 Leopord and up) dscacheutil -flushcache
Google maps has made it incredibly easy to add an interactive map to your website. The video below shows how easy it can be. If you have a Waypoint site, we show how you can add it there, but it can be easily added to any HTML page.
* Featured, * Featured Lower Section, * News, Tech Tips, Twin Harbor News, Website Management TipsDo your computer or car speakers buzz when your cellphone is nearby? Today I found a great way to stop this and it won’t cost you a dime. Do you know those silvery-looking anti-static bags computer parts come in? Save them. If you set your phone down on one it disrupts the electromagnetic field the ...
* Featured, * News, Tech TipsWorking in Parallels certainly has its quirks. It’s great to be able to get the smooth interface of Mac’s OSX and still be able to run those apps you just need Windows for (Visual Studio, SQL and other developer tools in my case.) But sometimes, little quirks can drive you mad! For a while now ...
* News, Tech TipsHere at Twin Harbor Web Solutions we develop software using Microsoft.Net technology, but we also really like the Mac OS. Our development machines use Parallels to run windows and Visual Studio .net and other Microsoft software to create things like Waypoint and Waypoint Commerce. We use the Mac OS for most everything else, including the ...
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Most people know they should back up their data, but not everyone does. If you’re one of those people,...
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This week I had to send my iMac in for repair. Normally I program using Windows Server 2008 running...
If you have your Waypoint site hosted with Twin Harbor and you need to increase the maximum file upload...
You may have heard about SSL Certificates, also called secure certificates, or SSL Certs for short. But what are...
In my previous post I thought I had found a way to maintain some of the functionality that we...
I was a happy user of Spaces in OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard. You could assign certain applications to certain...